Tag: WASSCE
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WASSCE: No more late registration – WAEC warns
West Examinations Council (WAEC) says late registration of candidates by schools, for its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), would no longer be allowed, beginning from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known in an interview on Friday in Lagos. Areghan spoke against the backdrop of…
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WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE results
West African Examinations Council has released the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates, 2021 – First Series. Head of Nigerian National office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan in a chat with newsmen said the examination was primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to reduce the waiting time for results…
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Ondo orders schools to reimburse WASSCE fees to pupils
The Ondo State Government has ordered the principals of public secondary schools in the state to refund the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination fees collected from the pupils to them. Governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu had last week stated the approval of the state government to pay the WAEC fees for 25,736 pupils of secondary schools…
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JUST IN: WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE results for private candidates
The West African Examinations Council has released the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates (second series). Announcing the release of the results on Monday, the council said 39.82 per cent made credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English. The Head of the National Office, Patrick Areghan, also announced the opening…
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Trending: Girl dies after obtaining seven A1s in WASSCE
A Professor and Consultant Surgeon at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Nsukka, Felix Chukwuneke, has taken to social media to mourn his daughter, Chisom, who died on October 18, 2020, barely a year after being named the best graduating student of Graceland School, Enugu. Chisom, according to the school, obtained seven distinctions at the…
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WAEC to release 2020 WASSCE results next week
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has postponed the release of results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) till next week. WAEC made this announcement in a statement on its Twitter page on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020, when it said the examination body had to move the release of the…
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WASSCE: Delta Govt sanctions 41 teachers over alleged exam malpractice
The Delta Government has sanctioned 41 teachers for examination malpractice during the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This is contained in a statement by Mr Patrick Ukah, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education. Ukah said that the decisions was based on the recommendations by the Examination Ethics Disciplinary Committee of the state.…
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10 students writing WASSCE test positive for COVID-19
Ten students writing the ongoing West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination have tested positive for coronavirus in Gombe. According to reports, a male student in Government Science Secondary School Gombe had earlier tested positive for the virus and was sent to the Isolation Centre on Monday to write the exam. Chairman of Gombe Task Force…
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Photo News: COVID-19 positive student writes WASSCE in hospital ward
A final year student of GSSS Gombe who tested POSITIVE for COVID-19 sat for West African Senior Secondary Examination (WASSCE) Mathematics paper on Monday. The boy was isolated on Sunday, the authorities allowed him to write his paper, in isolation on Monday. His invigilator was well protected to supervise him. His story was brought to…
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Lagos Govt announces resumption date for JSS 3 students
The Lagos State Government has directed Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 students who are registered for National Examination Council (NECO) Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to resume on Monday. An earlier pronouncement issued by the state had directed SS3 and Technical Studies (TEC3) Students to resume on Aug. 3, to enable them revise and sit…